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The Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra will be featured in A Night with the Arts: A Celebration Concert in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday, January 19 at 6:00 PM at the Bijou Theatre.

Home Federal Bank recently promoted Paul Arab to assistant treasurer. Arab joined Home Federal Bank in 2008 and also serves as assistant controller. He works in the bank’s downtown Knoxville headquarters and resides in South Knoxville.

The top spaniels from home and abroad will strut their stuff at the Knoxville Convention Center for a chance to be awarded “Best in Show” at the 94th Annual American Spaniel Club (ASC) Flushing Spaniel Show, January 10-12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra kicks off the Knoxville News Sentinel POPS Series January 11, 2014 with The Music of ABBA. The concert will take place on Saturday, January 11 at 8:00 p.m. at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium.

Two leading Tennessee law firms – Lewis, King, Krieg & Waldrop, P.C. and Thomason, Hendrix, Harvey, Johnson & Mitchell – have merged to form one of the largest state-based firms in Tennessee.

Rural/Metro Fire Department is proud to announce the promotion of Ken Tuggle to battalion chief in Knox County.

Messer Construction Co. recently announced the promotion of Brian Mitchell to project manager in the company’s Knoxville office.

Pilot Flying J has been voted the ‘Best Place to Work’ in the category of companies with more than 50 employees by the readers of the Knoxville News Sentinel, the daily newspaper in Knoxville, Tenn., where Pilot Flying J is headquartered. The designation was announced as part of the results of the News Sentinel’s 2013 Readers’ Choice survey.

Rural/Metro Corporation, a national provider of private ambulance and fire protection services based in Scottsdale, Ariz., today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (“the Court”) has confirmed the company’s Plan of Reorganization. Rural/Metro expects to formally emerge from Chapter 11 in the next few weeks.

Carolyn Pointer Neil, president and CEO of Elder Advocates and partner in The Center for Memory Management, has completed an advanced training course through Johns Hopkins University.